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Mesoscale Discussion 765

May 9, 200727 counties in Texas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at May 9, 2007, 5:53 PM CDT for 27 counties in Texas. It was in force for 97 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
May 9, 2007, 5:53 PM CDT (22:53 UTC)
Expired
May 9, 2007, 7:30 PM CDT
In force
97 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 27 counties

Atascosa County, TX, Bandera County, TX, Burnet County, TX, Concho County, TX, Dimmit County, TX, Edwards County, TX, Frio County, TX, Gillespie County, TX, Kendall County, TX, Kerr County, TX, Kimble County, TX, Kinney County, TX, La Salle County, TX, Lampasas County, TX, Llano County, TX, Mason County, TX, Maverick County, TX, McCulloch County, TX, McMullen County, TX, Medina County, TX, Menard County, TX, Mills County, TX, Real County, TX, San Saba County, TX, Uvalde County, TX, Webb County, TX, Zavala County, TX

The watches that followed

Watches SPC issued over any of the same counties within four hours of this discussion.

The nearest sounding before it

Del Rio, TX (KDRT), launched 12:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 114 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Del Rio, TX at 12:00Z on 2007-05-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 69 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Del Rio, TX at 12:00Z on 2007-05-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 12 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
69 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-193 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
687 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
16 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
12 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
36 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 8, 7:30 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCooke, Denton, Fannin, Grayson60 min
May 8, 7:54 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCCollin, Cooke, Denton, Fannin, Grayson, Hunt4 hr
May 9, 7:47 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBrewster, Crane, Crockett, Culberson, Ector, Edwards and 18 more118 min
May 9, 3:14 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAtascosa, Bandera, Bexar, Dimmit, Edwards, Frio and 15 more61 min
May 9, 3:32 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAtascosa, Bandera, Crockett, Dimmit, Duval, Edwards and 16 more7 hr

Nearby

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.